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Waking up

Waking up.....

White light.... 

Total Darkness.... 

White light...... 

Total Darkness.....

"Doctor!! DOCTOR!!!!...Thank God he's blinking his eyes...watch....WATCH....."

White light.... 

Total Darknesss....

"Did you see??!! He's about to wake up.." 

"Ma'am sometimes it's normal to have some type of movement...leg jerking or eye blinking is normal." 

"No! He is going to wake up...my boy is going to wake up!" 

"Mom calm down before you get your pressure up. You and I both know nothing can hold Roc down. He's too damn stubborn."

Throat clearing...coughing than wheezing. 

"Shit!"  

Too much pressure on my chest....After feeling something cold land on my back I realize that I am laying on my stomach.  

"Momma?" 

"Hey baby." 

"what, what..why am I - 

"Shh let the good ol' doc finish looking at you than I will answer all of your questions." 

"Chris?" 

"Right here little brother." 

"Fuck that- coughing again and spitting out a little mucus- "man what the- 

"After surgery there was a minor infection from one of you wounds which is why we have you on your stomach so that they all could breathe a little more. It was the fever that came with the infection we believe that kept you under for so long." 

"How many?" 

"I'm sorry how many what?" 

"How many bullets- 

"We only remove three bullets from- 

"How many times was I shot this time, I mean how many- 

"Two went through you and into Snowflake and they took three out of you." Cee pulls his chair into my line of view answering my question.  

"Snowflake...did Claire- 

"She good little brother her and her people left a day ago." 

"Left?" 

"Well all your vitals looked good with the swelling down you have been showing great movement within your legs...I'll um give you some time to rest before bringing in a physical therapist." 

"Thank you sir. " I watch my mom go over to hug the doctor wiping a few tears from her eyes.  

"Why are you crying ma'" 

"You scared the everlasting life out of me boy." Walking over to me and smacking me a good one on my ass. "Don't you ever ever get shot again!" 

"Shit woman!" Watching as little Chris walks over to me stopping to stand infront of me. "Hey little man?" 

"Hey uncle Roc." Little man just stands there looking at me for a minute before leaning down a kissing my forehead. "I know boys don't kiss boys but I-" 

"It's okay man come down here so I can give you a kiss too."  

"I sorry you have a bobo uncle Roc but mama said that you will be okay when you wake up...and you woke up so you get to come home!"

"I do little man." 

"Good cause I wanted to play your game but mama said I couldn't play without asking you." 

"We can play it when I get home." 

"Okay cool." I close my eyes for a moment thinking about Claire and wonder where she could be. "Are you taking a nap?" 

"Yeah I'm going to take nap. Your daddy can bring you back later okay" 

"I....I don't want nothing to happen to you." 

"Me either and your daddy won't let anything happen to me. I'm okay now okay?"  

"Okay but I'm going to stay here with you and watch you like mama do when I'm scared." 

"We gone let the doctors watch over Uncle Roc alright lil'man?" Cee picks up Chris and placing him on his lap then fake whispers in his ear. "Remember we have to pick up Uncle Roc's cake and ice cream?" 

"Shhh, daddy He not supposed to know!"  

I laugh a little but end up coughing up a little more mucus. This shit sucks. 

"Ma take Chris to the car and I will meet you guys in a second, I need to talk to Roc for a second." 

Momma pauses for a second staring at Cee for a hard minute before pulling Chris out the room and closing the door behind her. 

"So my white girl left huh?" I can't stop the anger from slipping out thinking about how she could leave me like this. Guess she wasn't down for a nigga like I thought. Man I would have fucking died for that girl...shit almost did! Yet, she can just leave while a nigga still in this bitch fighting to wake up. 

"They had to literally pry her from your side." Cee breaks through my thoughts pulling something off the table next to my bed. "That girl fought to stay here for as long as she did." 

"What was her damage?" 

"Not as bad as you she took a nasty hit in the shoulder and one in the side...the bullet that did the most damage to you is the one that actually saved her life. She would have died if it would have exited you." 

Man that's some deep shit to think about. My white girl dead because of some shit I got caught up into. I might be mad and pissed right now but I am glad that she is okay. 

"She still fucking left- 

"Shit got hot on the streets after that night son. Her brother took a lot of heat and people close to her were killed. I told her to go...Ma told her to go. Her people fucking made her go!" 

"What ever, what happened on the streets?" I don't want to talk about that shit, because if I was honest with myself if fucking hurts to wake up and to have my girl be gone. Not here for a nigga when I need her the most.  

Part of me is listening to my brother as he tells me about my boys that are no longer here...about how I missed Pucks funeral. That shit hurts remembering that he saved me and my girl life in the end. And to hear how they hit my boy outside his moms house is enough to bring tears to a nigga's eyes.  

I am happy to hear that nothing was pinned on him although he was able to take all three of them niggas out. Sometimes these streets can be a cold bitch, but when you need her she can hold you down, nobody talked and as of right now it's a cold case...with only cold bodies popping up. Cee fills me in on everything that went down with Claire and how she was there for him, even picked him up after they let him out from questioning apparently I was back in surgery.  

"She left a note for you."  

"What?" 

"Snowflake left a note for you." 

"What the fuck about?" 

"How the hell do I know I didn't open it just told her I would give it to you." 

"Leave it right there, I'll read it later." 

"I know how you feeling right nah bro but you can't really be holding this against her...I mean that girl was here night and day waiting for you." 

"Make sure You, Chris and Moms are packed because when they release me we out this bitch." 

"We already packed was just waiting on you little brother."

Sorry for the wait this is just a chapter to get the story moving....hope it answers some questions!!!